We’re looking for a Customs & Excise Compliance Leader to ensure our business operates in full compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements, including HMRC Customs & Excise, Irish Revenue and Scotch Whisky Verification.
In this role, you’ll partner closely with stakeholders from across the business and with external regulators to manage compliance risk and support strong governance across the business. You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering our compliance strategy, providing insight-led analysis and ensuring the business is well-positioned to respond to evolving regulatory requirements.
You’ll help embed a proactive, risk-based approach to compliance, driving consistent ways of working, continuous improvement and a strong control environment to safeguard compliance across the business.
- Leading the modernisation of the Customs & Excise compliance agenda through improved use of data, automation, AI and digital capabilities to drive efficiency, insight and stronger control
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Leading, coaching and developing a team of Customs & Excise compliance professionals
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Leading the delivery of the company’s Customs & Excise compliance strategy, ensuring adherence to all relevant legislation and regulatory requirements
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Providing clear, timely reporting, insight and expert advice to senior stakeholders on compliance risks, trends and performance
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Monitoring and interpreting upcoming regulatory and legislative changes and supporting the business to implement required changes
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Identifying and mitigating compliance risks through effective controls, processes and governance frameworks.
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Developing and implementing robust compliance tools, audit methodologies, monitoring frameworks and digital solutions to strengthen control and visibility across the business
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Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders to promote awareness, influence process improvement and embed a culture of compliance
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Representing the business externally and maintaining effective relationships with HMRC, Irish Revenue and other regulatory bodies
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Leading compliance activity relating to Scotch Whisky Verification, ensuring successful audit outcomes and ongoing scheme membership
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Coordinating compliance plans and resources, working with regulators and third parties to deliver agreed outcomes
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Designing and delivering engaging compliance training programmes across the organisation
You are an experienced Customs & Excise compliance professional with strong technical knowledge of relevant regulations, controls and risk management within a regulated environment.
You’ll be confident working with senior stakeholders and external regulators, able to provide clear guidance, challenge constructively and influence decision-making. You bring proven experience of working across complex operational environments, with the credibility to translate regulatory requirements into practical, business-embedded controls. You also bring a proactive and solutions-focused mindset, combining technical expertise with strong communication and analytical skills.
You are motivated by driving high standards, managing risk effectively and continuously improving processes to support business performance. You are also keen to modernise ways of working through the use of data, analytics, automation and AI to improve compliance oversight, efficiency and decision-making.
This Role Would Suit
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An experienced Customs & Excise professional with hands-on expertise in regulatory compliance, governance and control
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An experienced leader with a track record of coaching and developing teams to build capability, support high performance and driving change
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Direct experience of working with HMRC and/or other relevant regulatory bodies
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A strong communicator who can influence and collaborate credibly across a diverse stakeholder group
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The ability to identify risks, implement controls and drive continuous improvement
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A commitment to compliance excellence while supporting business objectives
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
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Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
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Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
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Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
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Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
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Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
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Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
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Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
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Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
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Learning resources to help you be your best self.
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.
